"Con" Game
It's another name for a candy store that also sells other sweets
What is Confectionary?
It's the only one of the noble gases with a name that doesn't end in "N"
What is Helium?
"I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want!", say this line after "If you wanna be my lover..."
What is "You Gotta Get With My Friends"?
If you're 18+ in Kansas & want your girlfriend to become your wife, no license is needed; you can be in this kind of marriage
What is Common Law?
COMPOUND WORD ORIGINS;
This compound word meant an astronomical object of exceptional brightness in 1910; it was soon applied to actors & athletes
What is Superstar?
It's a group of voters in a district, or the district itself
What is Constituency?
Quarks come in 6 flavors: up, down, top, bottom & these 2
What is Charm and Strange?
"Creepin' with the girl next door"? "Caught me on camera"? No problem for Shaggy & RikRok, with this laughingly untrue title alibi
What is "It Wasn't Me"?
Federal sentencing guidelines increase for violent crimes if one of these is involved (minimum 5 years) or worse, brandished (7 years)
What is a Firearm?
FASHION:
The name of these items that became a 1940s fad derives in part from a word meaning "to cut short"
What are Bobby Socks?
They're the circus performers who can twist the body into unusual postures
What is a Contortionist?
This Latin plural is the name of the small air sacs in the lungs where carbon dioxide is exchanged for oxygen
What are Alveoli?
In 1999 this Spanglish-titled tune topped the charts for 5 weeks
What is Livin' La Vida Loca?
In law it's possession of an estate for the duration of one's life; in New Jersey, it's the town Bruce Springsteen is from
What is Freehold?
THE MOVIES:
Centenarian ceramic artist Beatrice Wood helped inspire one of the main characters & the narrator of this film from the 1990s
What is Titanic?
This synonym for a magician comes from Latin for "swear together"
What is a Conjurer?
That's not a bar graph! It's one of these, from Greek for "mast"
What is a Histogram?
"Wah-haw, it was good, livin' with you", sang this New Orleans alt-rock trio
Who is Better than Ezra?
The 1970 law that ties different crimes into a pattern that can be prosecuted ties 4 words into this acronym
What is RICO (Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations)?
NATIONAL ANTHEMS:
The name of this country's national anthem translates as "His Majesty's Reign" & its lyrics come from a 1,000-year-old poem
What is Japan?
By definition it's the relationship of a circle within a circle within a circle, all sharing the same midpoint
What is Concentric?
T.H. Huxley coined this word now used for the theory that life on Earth arose from non-living matter
What is Abiogenesis?
This Digital Underground rapper would "shoot an arrow like Cupid, I'll use a word that don't mean nothin', like 'looptid"'
Who is Shock G (creator of Humpty Hump)?
From the same root as "eloquent", it's a defendant's speech to the judge before sentencing
What is Allocution?
HISTORY & NATURE:
In March 1519, these were again seen in mainland North America for the first time in 10,000 years with the arrival of 16 of them
What are Horses?